In Which Carmen Rediscovers her Love for the Triangle

[xaara]

I was nominated to join a Youth Orchestra Fellows program with the National Symphony Orchestra, which basically means I'm going to be practicing with the NSO for a few insanely long blocks of time and then performing with the orchestra on the 22nd. We had our first rehearsal today, and I played the triangle part on the Tchaikovsky symphony. It was an incredible amount of fun.

I get to sit out the Debussy, which is fine with me, because I don't really want to play it anyway. I'm covering suspended cymbals, glockenspiel, and vibraphone on a more modern piece by a man whose name I forget.

There was a lot of sitting, and a lot of running around, and a lot of bumping into music stands and dodging around gong racks and snickering at the stupider winds. But mostly, there was a joy that I've only ever felt while playing orchestra music.

Comments

[joogie.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a heap of fun, Carm. I've always been irritated that the one instrument that I can play fluently is the piano, and apart from piano concertos, there isn't really much of a place for one in an orchestra.

Good luck with it!

[xaara.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hear you on that one. Mom plays the piano, too, and she--well, not exactly regrets that it is; more like wishes it wasn't--such a solo instrument.

Thanks. :)